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The new iPhone 3G is cheaper, right? The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Apple iPhone 3G smartphone may cost $200 less, but you'll pay $40 more by the end of the contract.

The Federal Communications Commission is seeking feedback on new options to auction a nationwide wireless broadband license with requirements to provide free Internet service, content filtering and open access to third-party devices and applications.While the agency’s move is not apt …

Parent companies of the nation’s largest mobile-phone operators could escape liability from dozens of lawsuits under a bill passed by the House that updates the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.The measure, which could be voted on by the Senate next week, …

Wi-LAN Inc., a Canadian wireless technology firm, filed a new patent infringement lawsuit against Research in Motion Ltd., Motorola Inc. and UTStarcom Inc. Wi-LAN said the three companies, subject of the suit filed in the popular patent infringement litigation venue …

AT&T Inc. is again backing the Vans Warped Tour with a host of mobile and interactive promotions.The tour, which kicks off a 42-city trek today in Pomona, Calif., features a sponsored area where music lovers can upload photos to their …

The Federal Communications Commission extended by a month the looming June 26 deadline for Sprint Nextel Corp. to vacate 800 MHz interleaved channels involved in a rebanding initiative to eliminate interference to public-safety communications.The new 800 MHz deadline governing interleaved …

A viral mobile marketing effort for the feature film “What Happens in Vegas” generated more than 50,000 peer-to-peer user engagements, according to the firm that delivered the campaign.Celtra Inc., a Massachusetts-based startup that specializes in widget-based mobile marketing, said it …

Municipal Wi-Fi vendor MetroFi Inc. appears to be pulling out of the game. According to the company’s Web site, it is shutting down all but two of the ad-supported wireless networks it operates in a handful of cities in Oregon, …

Analysts differ on the exact figure, but AT&T could be paying as much as $425 in subsidies per iPhone.

Huawei Technologies and Sony Ericsson have launched wireless modems for HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) networks that try to be more than just modems.

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available. —Funambol: Nexit Ventures led a $12.5 million round of funding into open source messaging …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News has teamed up with the Yankee Group to conduct a series of market surveys of RCR Wireless News’ subscribers to gauge their thoughts on various technology issues impacting the wireless ecosystem. RCR Wireless News will …

Research In Motion Ltd. reports fiscal first-quarter earnings on June 25 and, driven by sales of its Curve at Verizon Wireless, two analysts said the company’s results likely would be at the high end of current guidance.“Our view is based …

The Federal Communications Commission agreed not to hold Sprint Nextel Corp. and public-safety agencies to the June 26 deadline regarding portions of spectrum involved in an 800 MHz rebanding effort designed to remedy public-safety interference caused by the No. 3 …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …

Analyst Tero Kuittinen at Global Crown Capital L.L.C. said in a note to investors that top-tier carriers in the United States were pulling back on support for Motorola Inc., and characterized the vendor’s pending product launches as “a half-baked mess.”“The …

This week Leap Wireless International Inc. brought on a new chief financial officer and, in turn, the company gave itself some financial breathing room. Walter Berger is Leap’s new CFO, set to come on board next week. Berger, previously at …

Sprint Nextel Corp. is hoping to bridge the gap between enterprise users and multimedia devices with a new mobile e-mail service.The offering, awkwardly dubbed Sprint Mobile Email Work, allows customers with the new Samsung Instinct and other handsets to access …

Denny Marie Post has joined T-Mobile USA Inc. as chief marketing officer. She was previously senior VP of global food and beverage at Starbucks. “Denny has deep and varied experience as a marketing leader in some of the most competitive …

CANNES, France — They’re hip, hot and everywhere on the planet. But despite a drumbeat about mobile phones being the new frontier in the ad world, marketers have been slow to dial it up, particularly in the USA.

Analysis Contractors and sector-straddling quangocrats sought yesterday to convince politicians of the need to spend defence or security funds on radio-based backups for GPS satnav, according to reports.

Most employees know their bosses are usually within their rights snooping on workers’ e-mail, but text messaging has been in murkier territory.

Security appliance developer eSoft has updated its email gateway with the ability for users to spam-file or whitelist emails from any device, including a BlackBerry or smartphone. Previously, only Outlook users could train the gateway’s Bayesian spam-filter.

Local mobile search services are growing in popularity, and nearly 1.3 billion mobile-phone users are expected to use local mobile search services by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research.The market could reach $4.8 billion by 2013.Western Europe …

The Asia-Pacific region represents a significant opportunity for mobile WiMAX technology, according to a recent report from ABI Research.“Because mobile WiMAX is aimed at untapped markets, almost all vendors including start-ups could be on equal footing with the larger, more …